Nine
woodcuts created by artist Lucie Lambert and nine poems written by
Robert Melançon successfully achieve the daunting task of halting
and subduing air long enough to transform the element into a livre
d'artiste of readings that are always fresh. . . . The very vitality
of air is imprinted into the subtle waving, curling, yielding motions
and given generous and ever-changing expression with the characteristic
vigour of woodcut prints. The poems of Robert Melançon, each
one printed on a separate page, evoke sensual experiences awakened
by the air. . . . Facing each print on the opposite page is a poem
in French, together with its artful translation into English by Philip
Stratford. . . . The overall effect of composition, design and production
results in this superb accomplishment: a book as work of art and collector's
item.